Butterfly Shikata Table Tennis Racket
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Equipment Details
Manufacturer: ButterflyBrand: Butterfly
Model: 8278
Color: Black/Red
Product features:
- Features Butterfly's Foam Core Technology which reduces racket vibrations at ball impact
- Speed = 90 Spin = 85 Control = 85
- Butterfly Wakaba inverted/smooth rubber - 2.0mm sponge layer
- Anatomic handle
- Red/Black surface meets standard tournament requirements
- Butterfly Radial 050 Table Tennis Shoe (Size 9)
- Butterfly Hardfull Table Tennis Racket Case II (Black)
- Butterfly Grefil DX Table Tennis Racket Case (Gray)
- Butterfly Grefil B Table Tennis Racket Case (Blue)
- Butterfly Grefil Tour Table Tennis Racket Case (Red)
Sports reviews of Butterfly Shikata Table Tennis Racket
Customer Review: balanced & aggressive
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I bought the Shikata ping-pong paddle to use for an intermediate ping-pong class and it functioned quite well as referenced by Amazon reviews here. The wooden handle has a nice aesthetic touch to it because of the unique Shikata design and head is a standard size which fits my manly hands perfectly. The paddle itself is not too heavy and not too light which provided an even balance for me and allowed me access to a higher level of maneuverability at the table with an equal amount of power when I instantly will it.
Hits: My top-spin heavy shots were more precise and aggressive to a point where I could achieve these shots naturally and at ease. How profound! Slices were very easy to control as well. Side spin serves were absolutely amazing and my serves were noticeably improved on a large scale. I wouldn't say this is particularly an improvement paddle because that would do it no justice. The paddle is actually very capable and can be quite aggressive for competitive games.
Minor Gripe? I have one and it's clean your paddle with the cleaner solution or your shots will go out more frequently. Nonetheless, this applies to all Butterfly rubber-paddles. The Shikata is easy to clean.
My friend had a Butterfly Asassim paddle with a much thicker amount of rubber layer. I think it belongs in the pro's paddle category but I found it unnecessarily heavy although the execution of loop shots were amazing. It was also much more expensive which I didn't prefer. The Shikata however, fitted all of my preference & budget so after a day of reviewing other Butterfly paddles I went with the Shikata.
The Shikata is a great paddle for intermediate and advanced level players and is well worth the $45 spent!
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